Have you ever looked for real hope? What if we knew where true hope lives? Pointing out the window to a community in the country, I exclaimed: “Teresa, my friend from high school lives there.” Another friend and I were traveling during the early morning hours to attend a conference near the town where I grew up. It’s interesting to know where friends or people we meet live and work and worship. But what if we knew hope's address? Because life’s hurts, heartaches and Continue Reading
Prejudice has No Place at Church {Recharge Wednesday}
On Sept. 6, 2005, our family drove to the local immigration office for my citizenship ceremony. After almost six years of extensive paperwork and considerable costs, I finally held the green certificate that attested that I was an American citizen. I remember the excitement of pledging allegiance to the American flag as a citizen for the first time. I would not need a “green card” or an “alien card” to be accepted for employment, to leave the country and — best of all, I would finally be able Continue Reading
15 Bible Verses on Aging {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Have the growing number of candles on your birthday cake given you pause? While we may have passed the stage where adding years to our age causes us to beam with pride, every year is a gift. Whatever your age, may these Bible verses on aging encourage you. The Hope of the Elderly “He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age” (Ruth 4:15 NIV). “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will Continue Reading
Know Jesus and Make Him Known {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
How can we know Jesus more intimately? During my early years of being a Christ-follower, I missed an important aspect of the Christian life. Christ not only desires I know Him as Savior and Lord, but also that I continue to grow in knowing Him more intimately on a daily basis. Because this is the only way to let Christ live in and through my life, and for others to see Jesus in me. Eventually, this became my mission statement for my speaking, writing, and blogging Continue Reading
Do You Have All You Need? {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I stared out of my Indianapolis apartment at the cement parking lot full of cars and remembered the New England storybook charm I’d left behind. What the Hoosiers called trees looked like shrubs compared to the brilliant maples I’d enjoyed. My tiny bedroom held unfamiliar second-hand furniture. My previous assignment had consisted of a ministry team of single adults. We became fast friends and lived close enough to walk to one another’s homes. My housemate and I had immediately bonded, even Continue Reading
How Not to Go on Guilt Trips {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
We weren’t created to go on guilt trips. But we learned to send ourselves and each other on these unpleasant excursions because sin entered the world. First, let’s look at desirable trips. Maybe a planned or spontaneous travel schedule. Perhaps our favorite vacation spots. Possibly, places familiar or unknown. Or, traveling abroad. And a voyage by sea. Also, guided tours, historical landmarks, the mountains, a natural wonder, the beach, tropical climates, and soaring Continue Reading
